ROY LICHTENSTEIN

MY ARTIST REPORT PROJECT FOR THIS TERM IS NOT ON THE LIST THAT PROFESSOR JOHN PROVIDE US BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND AN GREAT ARTIST WHO IS WORTH LETTING OUR CLASSMATES GET FAMILIAR WITH. WHEN I WENT TO THE ART GALLERY MILWAUKEE, I SEE THE ARTWORK CRYING GIRL, I WAS REALLY THRILLED AND CHECKED ON THE BACKGROUND OF THAT ARTWORK AND THE ARTIST I FEEL LIKE THAT THIS ARTIST IS THE ONE I COULD DO MY REPORT ON. IN MY REPORT, THE SUPERSTAR IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS IN THE POP ART— ROY LICHTENSTEIN. POP ART IS AN ART MOVEMENT THAT EMERGED IN THE 1950S AND FLOURISHED IN THE 1960S IN AMERICA AND BRITAIN, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM SOURCES IN POPULAR AND COMMERCIAL CULTURE. DIFFERENT CULTURES AND COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTED TO THE MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S AND 70S

ROY IS A KEY FIGURE IN THE POP ART MOVEMENT AND BEYOND, ROY LICHTENSTEIN GROUNDED HIS PROFOUNDLY INVENTIVE CAREER IN IMITATION—BEGINNING BY BORROWING IMAGES FROM COMIC BOOKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE EARLY 1960S, AND EVENTUALLY ENCOMPASSING THOSE OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS, ARTISTIC STYLES, AND ART HISTORY ITSELF. IN HIS ARTWORKS, HE USED PERFORATED TEMPLATES TO REPLICATE AND OFTEN EXAGGERATE THE DOT PATTERNING COMMONLY USED IN PRINTING IMAGERY. KNOWN AS BEN-DAY DOTS, THIS PATTERNING BECAME A SIGNATURE ELEMENT OF HIS STYLE, WHICH INCORPORATED THE LOOK OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION INTO THE FINE-ART WORLD OF PAINTING. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, LICHTENSTEIN CONFOUNDED SUCH OPPOSITIONS—BETWEEN REALITY AND ARTIFICIALITY, HIGH ART AND MASS CULTURE, ABSTRACTION AND FIGURATION, AND THE MANUAL AND MECHANICAL—TO REVEAL THEIR INTERDEPENDENCE

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PROJECT #2

THE ROLE OF AUTHORSHIP IS THAT PEOPLE COULD TELL “HELL YEAH THAT’S BOWEN’S WORK!” BECAUSE THERE IS MY SOUL, MY STYLE, AND EVEN MY EXPERIENCE IN MY WORK. MY WORK EQUALS TO MY NAME IN SOME ASPECTS. OF COURSE, I CONSIDER MY WORK ORIGINAL, BECAUSE I EXERCISE MY AESTHETIC BY READING A HUGE VARIETY OF WORKS, WHICH ARE IN VERY DIFFERENT KINDS OF STYLES. THEN I COME UP WITH MY OWN STUFF. WHEN THE AUDIENCE LOOK AT MY WORK, THEY COULD ONLY TELL OH THAT ARTWORK LOOKED A LITTLE BIT LIKE BLABLABLA’S WORK, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT LIKE DLADLADLA’S WORK. BUT FUCK NO, IT IS JUST L I K E, THAT STYLE IS BOWEN’S STYLE MY ORIGINAL SHIT. EVERYONE WHO STARES AT MY WORK FOR MORE THAN 3 MINUTES COULD “TAKE POSSESSION” OF MY WORK AND DERIVE THEIR OWN MEANING FROM IT. I THINK WHEN THE AUDIENCE GET THE BEAUTY OF MY STUFF, AT THAT MOMENT, THEY TAKE POSSESSION OF IT. AND THEY COULD ALSO DERIVE THEIR OWN MEANING FROM IT BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES OF LIFE COULD DEFINI...

RICK OWENS

RICK OWENS IS AN AMERICAN-BORN DESIGNER LIVING IN PARIS, KNOWN FOR HIS ABSTRACT, YET APPROACHABLE AVANT-GARDE DESIGNS. BORN RICHARD SATURNINO OWENS, HE BEGAN HIS LABEL IN CALIFORNIA IN 1994 AND NOW OVERSEES A VERITABLE FASHION EMPIRE FROM A FIVE-STORY COMPOUND IN PARIS. IF THERE'S ONE CHARACTERISTIC THAT HAS DEFINED HIS LIFE, IT HAS BEEN OWENS' FIERCE INDEPENDENCE. HIS ECCENTRIC BRUTALIST APPROACH IS EVIDENT IN HIS FASHION, HIS FURNITURE, AND EVEN HIS PERSONAL LIFE. RICK'S REPRESENTATIVE ABSTRACT FASHION DESIGN: THE FIRST GENERATION GEOBASKET INITIALLY INTRODUCED IN FALL/WINTER 2006'S "DUSTULATOR" COLLECTION, RICK OWENS DESIGNED THE GEOBASKET BECAUSE HE FELT THAT ATHLETIC SHOES WERE SIMPLY TOO "PROSAIC." PULLING ELEMENTS FROM NIKE, ADIDAS AND PUMA, OWENS WAS ATTEMPTING TO—IN HIS WORDS—CREATE MONSTER TRUCKS FOR HIS FEET. T...

ART TALK RESPONSE: CRISTIAN ANDERSON

WELL YEAH, HE IS A COOL ARTIST, BUT I AM NOT VERY INTO PAINTING STUFF, SO I AIN'T GONNA TALK ABOUT HIS WORK. JUST VERY FEW THINGS HE MENTIONED DURING THE TALK MADE ME INTEREST ED. “ARTISTS DESCRIBE HOW THEY FEEL AND THINK THROUGH MAKING ARTWORKS” I CANNOT AGREE MORE! THE VERY ESSENCE OF MAKING ARTWORK AS AN ARTIST IS A WAY TO REFLECT THE ARTIST’S THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS. WHEN AN ARTIST CREATES A PIECE OF ART, THEY ARE NOT JUST PUTTING COLORS ON A CANVAS OR SHAPING CLAY. THEY ARE POURING THEIR SOUL INTO THEIR WORK. THEY ARE SHARING A PART OF THEMSELVES WITH THE WORLD. THROUGH THEIR ART, THEY CAN COMMUNICATE THEIR EMOTIONS, THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD. MAKING ARTWORK ALLOWS THEM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A WAY THAT WORDS CANNOT. “ART CAN BE EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE” STRONGLY AGREE! ART IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN MUSEUMS OR GALLERIES. IT CAN BE FOUND EVERYWHERE AND ENJOYED BY EVERYONE. WHETHER WE ARE CREATING IT OR AP...

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